Three physical education programs’ adaptive approaches to change: ‘how can I spin that so it works for me?’
| Autor: | Linda L. Griffin, Kevin Patton |
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| Rok vydání: | 2008 |
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| Zdroj: | Sport, Education and Society. 13:413-430 |
| ISSN: | 1470-1243 1357-3322 |
| DOI: | 10.1080/13573320802445033 |
| Popis: | This study examined five of 12 physical education teachers participating in the Assessment Initiative for Middle School Physical Education (AIMS-PE), a reform-based teacher development project designed to help teachers examine and reframe their assessment practices and to design and implement curricular programs that encourage active teaching and learning. The purpose of this study was to examine teachers’ experiences with change to understand how they used the espoused curriculum and assessments, and how they addressed project goals. Data included interviews with teachers, students, principals, assigned project researchers and mentors from three schools, school artefacts, and descriptive field notes from observations. Interview transcripts and field notes were analysed using open, axial and selective coding (Strauss & Corbin, 1998). Results indicated that teachers from each of the three participating schools demonstrated, in varying abilities, adaptive approaches to implementation. First, teachers were p... |
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